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VEHILB HUB.

No. 310,576. Patented Jan. 13,1885.

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PETER GILLES AND MICHAEL LINK, OF KENOSHA, VISCONSIN.

VEHECLEQHUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 310,576, dated January 13,1885.

Application filed April 9, 1884. (No InodeLl To all whom, it may concerrag Be it known that we, PETER GiLLEs, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and liIIcHAnL LINK, a citizen of the United States, both ot' Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hubs for Vehicle-Vheels; and we do herebj,7 declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in wheel-hubs, and more especially to-the novel manner of securing the wheel-spokes thereto.

The object of the invention is to construct a cheap and simple hub, and one into which the spokes can be readily inserted and securely held; and to the accomplishment of the above the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices, as will be described and claimed.

Reference will be inade to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view in perspective of a hub with the axle and spokes Figs. 2 and 3, sectional views of the same.

each spoke is tapered to accommodate itself to the dovetail above referred to, as shown at c in Fig. 3, vand at its front and rear edges is tapered, as at d, Fig. 2, for the purpose here After the spokes have inaftcr referred to.

been inserted into the dovetail grooves, a collar, in the form of a plate or disk, D, is passed over the outer end of the box B, said plate being formed slightly on an incline in its inner face, to accommodate the taper d of the spokes before referred to. The outer end of box B is screw-threaded, as shown in Fig. 2, and the disk D being in the proper position, an internally-screw-threaded cap or cover, E, is screwed onto the box, contacting at its inner end with said disk or collar D, and forcing it against the spokes to hold them securely in place. After cap E has been sufficiently tightcned to hold the spokes in the proper position, bolts e are passed through disk D and hub portion b, between the spokes, and a nut, f, screwed upon the protruding end of each, whereby the parts are all securely held in place. Upon its outer surface and inner end, cap E is preferably of an Octagon shape, to afford a holding-surface of a Wrench, and at the same time this cap covers the outer end of the skein upon which the nut g is mounted. By providing the spokes with the tapers described, they are held securely in place from all sides, and by means of the bolts passed between the spokes al1 liability of parts being separated accidentally is avoided.

W hat we claim is- The hnb B b, provided with a series of dovetail grooves, in combination with. spokes C, tapered on their lower ends, as at c d, disk D, inclined upon its inner face, cap or collar E, and bolts e. passed through the disk and hub, as set fort-h.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention we ax our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PETER GILLES. MICHAEL LINK. 'fitnesses:

NrcHoLxs HUETTER, J ,mins CAvaNAGr-r. 

